Chandigarh, March 14  As his Congress government in Punjab is about to complete its three years, cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu, who has been lying low since his resignation from the state Cabinet in July last, on Saturday launched his own channel on YouTube to share his views.

In his maiden v

New Delhi, March 14  Bhartiya Janata Party's Rajya Sabha candidate from Madhya Pradesh Sumer Singh Solanki may have to withdraw his candidature as state government is yet to accept Solanki's resignation from the post of assistant professor.

For the third seat, the BJP has fielded former minister Ranja

Kolkata, March 14 A youth in West Bengal's East Burdwan district was fatally hit by a train while he was sitting on a railway track and playing a game on his phone, witnesses said on Saturday.

The victim Toton Santra, who resided close to the Ambika Kalan station, was so engrossed in the game that he did

The annual meeting of the Rashtriya Swamyamsevak Sangh (RSS) would be held from Sunday as scheduled in the city despite a week-long lockdown in Karnataka from Monday due to coronavirus scare, an official said on Friday.

"As our 3-day meeting from March 15 is internal and not for public, it will be held as scheduled in the cit

Assam Congress legislator Rajdeep Goala is set to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the next few days, state Finance and Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said here on Friday.

"In the next few days, Congress MLA Rajdeep Goala will join the BJP," Sarma told mediapersons.

A day ago, Sarma -- conv

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday advised people to stay away from public gatherings for a couple of months to avoid any spread of the deadly coronavirus infection, but the irony lay in that she came out with the suggestion while addressing an assembly of arounf ten thousand people.

Days after the Central govern

A Delhi court on Friday granted bail to three Popular Front of India (PFI) members in a riot case, observing that the "offence invoked in the FIR are bailable in nature".

The three were arrested for offences under Section 147 (rioting), 148 (rioting with deadly weapon), 149 (unlawful assembly) and 120B (criminal conspira

Ex-Prasar Bharati CEO Jawhar Sircar has come under fire from his former subordinates for allegedly making disparaging remarks following Prasar Bharti's complaint against BBC's reporting of the recent Delhi violence.

Not taking their former CEO's uncomplimentary comments about Prasar Bharti lightly, the reporters and st

After the exit of Jyotiraditya Scindia from the party, the Congress has reassured its gen-next leaders that they will be given "prominent" positions to contain the exodus from the party.

The Congress has reposed faith in young leaders in the Rajya Sabha polls, the tickets for which were announced on Thursday. Many youth

In an unexpected move, the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has approved an ordinance punishing those who damaged public and private property during the anti-CAA protests.

Official sources confirmed that the draft ordinance has been approved in the cabinet meeting held here on Friday evening. The ordinance will now be s